World

Two right wing crooks have finally brought the slaughter to an end. Now, there must be law and accountability, or there will never be peace

Forty years of news photos from the Reuters agency capture a world on fire – and makes a compelling case for the future of photojournalism

Big tech is using the ‘nanny state’ arguments pioneered by the tobacco and alcohol industries to convince us that their freedom to sell equates to our freedom to choose. The opposite is true

Moisés Naím’s new book unpacks how these snake-oil shysters deceive the public

Slowly, indigenous cuisine from the highlands is becoming part of Dhaka’s multicultural food scene

As Bengaluru continues to expand, hair pickers quietly shoulder a job no one else wants

In a situation so dire, an unjust peace is better than war. But once that is achieved, justice must come later – or violence will surely return

Nepal is no stranger to upheaval but the scale of rage in September’s protests was unlike anything I had ever seen

Global politics is colliding with the daily lives of Colombians who have already paid a high price

Today’s worldwide boom follows decades of resistance – but the battle for equal status is far from won

Solarpunk began as a sci-fi vision of a beautiful, sustainable planet. Now it inspires Hollywood movies and real-life tech. Can it change the world?

Just an hour across the water is a city with a completely different history and culture. But how much longer can it last?

Train travel is 200 years old. In two centuries it has forged economies, created mass tourism, standardised time itself, and made fish and chips a national cuisine. But what’s its future?

President Nicolás Maduro has a festive plan to bring joy to Venezuelans - and to distract them from the ongoing row with the US

Exceedingly wealthy and close to the Kremlin, the infamous Vladimir Solovyov has become a dominating voice on airwaves since Putin's invasion of Ukraine

Tiger conservation projects have become more than protecting the animal, they're about the cracks in Indian society and the people who are left behind

The journey to save our ancestral home in China has taken four years, but unfinished business is calling me back

A devastating earthquake hit Afghanistan, and the call for aid has gone out. But if it’s all being stolen by the Taliban, what’s the point?

Today, the west sees Putin as a bloodthirsty dictator hellbent on destroying peace democracy in Europe. 25 years ago, the picture was very different

Philosophers have long debated the concept of immortality but now Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are concerned too

The UK adopted intrusive US-style sirens in the 1990s. They’re scientifically worse for our ears and our sleep than the ones used in Europe. Do they have to be so shrill?

Panama, undeserving of its media silence, is still humming with creatures great and small

South Africa is very comfortable with chaos, especially on the roads

The president is hoping to win voters over for the country's mid-term elections with the same spending cuts that plunged public sector workers into poverty

From Belfast hip-hop trio Kneecap to Danish jazz band Alawari, artists took to the stage in Helsinki to condemn “Israel’s horrifying genocide”

It’s easier for Xi to make friends abroad when he has the Russian dictator by his side

Taiwan's convenience culture isn't going anywhere. When it's become a way of life, how could it?

Right now, Xi Jinping is letting Trump do all the soft power heavy lifting for him

In today's world, media doesn't need AI - it needs real journalists

Stories about a Chinese ‘artificial womb’ seem more science fiction than fact – but reveal uncomfortable truths about the ethics of reproduction

Unfortunately, this time comes with unique reminders of the inequality and suffering that is the core experience of South Africans

With 50 to 60 million dogs on the streets, India’s cities have struggled for decades to balance compassion for animals with the duty to protect human life